Virgin-bust former and supporter



Get. 16, 1928.

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Applcationled November This invention relates to improvements in bust formers and the object of the invention Vis lto provide a virgin bust former to retain the bust in true virgin form or to replace and build up the bust.

Another object of the invention is to provide an undergarment of this nature in Which Vthe cutting, fitting and binding is on a bias of the cloth, particularlj,7 .the body `of the garment, thus ensuring suilicient elasticity for comfort and perfect fitting.

l The invention further provides an undergarment of this description which may beV 1 Worn With bathing suits and decollette gowns, without being visible.

With the above and other objects in vievv the invention will be better understood from a perusal of the following description in con l nection With the accompanying drawing forming part hereof and in Which- Figure l is a View 'of the virgin bust former in position on the wearer.

Figure 2 is a vieW similar to Figure-l, illustrating a back View.A y

F igure is a top or plan vievvv of a piece of material folded diagonally upon itself, the outside dotted lines indicating the appearance before folding and the interior lines indicating the cutting lines.

Figure l is a front elevational view of the completed bust formerfully extended. Figure 5 is an enlarged detail sectional view of one of the ends of the bust former,

the view taken from the inside thereof.

Figures 6 and 7 'are cross-sectional vievvs along lines 6 6 and 7-7 of Figure 4L, illus-` trating the binding arrangement. y

Figure 8 is an enlarged, detail, fragmentary sectional view showing the manner of forming the central bustk seams.

In carrying out the invention, a' piece of cloth of closely Woven texture is selected, domestic if the garment is to be made of cotton, or satink if a silk garment is desired. However, any closelyv Woven material can be utilized. The bust former is cut from ak square of cloth l, the cloth being first folded diagonally upon itself, as shown in Figure 3, and out along the dotted lines 2 and the full line 3, the latter line providing, as Will be apparent, a true bias cut.

The material of the garment is cut trans-k versely of its length at spaced points to form middle and end portions having edges 4i, which are sewn together to form bust recesses or pockets 5, providing central seams 20, 1925. Serial No. 70,249.

' 6. This middlefportion is a single pieceof material and each of the end portions is like Wise a single piece of material extending con* tinuously from the middle portion to the end -of theformer. The extreme edgesofthe joined portions are then folded backward and are hemmed as at 7 to reinforce the Vseams and material adjacent thereto. The lower parts of the adjacent edges 4 extend at substantially rightangles to the loiver edge 3, and the ren'iainders of the adjacent edges et are oppositely and substantially equally convexly curved to form the recesses 5, which are symmetrical with respect to the middle and end portions of the former.

"To strengthen the ends of the former, an eXtra thickness of. material is stitched to and entirely covered by one face of the material of the former, thus forming thedouble panel 8 as in Figs. 5 and .6. A double seam, indicated at 9, Fig; 5, unites the two thicknesses, and the second or reinforcing thick ness is cut on the straight and so positioned that its threads run at an angle to the threads of the material cut on ythe bias to thereby reinforce the saine.

The bust vforineris Well `bound by cutting bias `strips of thesame material as the former about one inch in Width and turning the edges to provide. a binding about one half inch Wide and stitching the binding` 10 in place as shown in detail in Figure 7.

For suspending the garment there are em ployed non-slip or non-drop straps `l1,.preferably of double-facedsatin ribbon, attached perfectly straight to` the top of the bustformer lfront seam and attached diagonally at the back but with straight edge, at back at double seam 9. l

From the foregoing,l itwill be apparent t-hatthe garment provides a bust former andV support which will lift, moldy and sustain they true bust form, with the advantages ofV great comfort, being double at the ends and having aneven tension at the lpoint of fastening. 1 The non-drop `or non-slip straps are also very advantageous and the garment may n be Worn with bathing suits, decollett gowns, etc.

Particular attention is also again directed to the manner of cutting and constructing` the garment on atrue bias which is a primary object of theinvention.

What is. claimed is:

Abust former comprising a fiat strip of material having its loweredge straight from end to end and eut on the bias, said strip middle port-ion io the end of said formel?, the

n lower pai'ts of. the adjacent edges VO''sai'd straight lowei` edge and the i'emaiiidelsV of seid adjaeeiit edges opposi-tely and substam -Doi'tions extending' et iiolit anales toseid l; C A t: l

tially equally eenvexly eurved to form recesses, tliefedges of the completed garment lizyviiig bias bindings, to Yprovide a, Comfortable, snugly itng bust former possessing elastieityute permit freedom and comfort iii mQveii/iejri, und shoulder straps attached to the upper endso'f said'seir-1i1sand to said end port-MDS. ,Y

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